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(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) The composition and function of bacteria in the human intestine -- the so-called gut microbiome -- changes as the day progresses. This was established by researchers based in Freisi...

(American Heart Association) People who take angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-i) or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) for conditions such as high blood pressure were less likely to be diagnosed with co...

(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Visualizing the age of insulin secreting granules in cells allowed researchers to investigate how cells' preference for secreting newer granules is disrupted in d...

(Rutgers University) Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting COVID-19 or influence its severity, according to a team of Rutgers researchers.

(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have developed and implemented a new way to better understand how human cells communicate with each other, how this comm...

(American College of Physicians) 1. Clinical Validity of COVID-19 Serum Antibodies ; 2. Qualitative Assessment of Rapid System Transformation to Primary Care Video Visits at an Academic Medical Center ; 3. Obesity and CO...

(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) The first long-term record of how cancer patients made use of their stored eggs and embryos after cancer treatment is presented today at the 36th Annual Meeting of ...

(Clemson University) Clemson University researcher David Feliciano receives $667K DOD grant to explore developmental disorder that causes tumors in the body and brain.

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Consider this scenario: A vaccine for the novel coronavirus has been developed that is 91.27% effective. If public health officials present this information using the specific number, p...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) First study on a treatment strategy using a proteomic analysis does not clarify which therapeutic consequence of the test could offer a benefit for people with diabet...

(Curtin University) Curtin research into abnormal regeneration events in lizards has led to the first published scientific review on the prevalence of lizards that have re-generated not just one, but two, or even up to s...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A patient with severe COVID-19 who, despite prolonged unresponsiveness and structural brain abnormalities, demonstrated functionally intact brain connections and later recovered the abili...

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Cell reprogramming provides an outstanding opportunity for the artificial generation of stem cells for regenerative medicine approaches in th...

(Indiana University School of Medicine) Led by Nancy Swigonski, MD and Mary Ciccarelli, MD, a team of faculty at Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a statewide early ASD screening and evaluation system ...

(University of Bath) Athletes who play contact sports are being particularly hard-hit by the prolonged restrictions imposed on games and training, according to a new study.

(University of Bath) Injections are two-and-a-half times safer when nurses use revamped guidelines.

(University of Gothenburg) When bedbound intensive care patients are moved within a hospital, the single most common risk factor is nonfunctioning technology and equipment. These transfers, a well-known moment of risk, h...

(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) Researchers at LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence and colleagues have discovered a new class of pipeline drugs to relieve pain and reduce fever wi...

(University of Virginia Health System) The analysis will help doctors understand the effects of individual compliance with infection-control measures.

(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) In a new article published in the July issue of Cancer Research, Elsa Flores, Ph.D., and her team discovered a key protein that oscillates its expression through microR...

(King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)) An assay for imaging the physical interactions between multiple cell populations could help cancer research and treatment assessment.

(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) The brain has a high energy demand and reacts very sensitively to oxygen deficiency. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich neurobiologists have now succeeded for the f...